How To Install mesa-libGLw on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-libGLw on Rocky Linux 8. mesa-libGLw is Xt / Motif OpenGL widgets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-libGLw on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `mesa-libGLw`

Mesa libGLw runtime library.

We can use yum or dnf to install mesa-libGLw on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mesa-libGLw.

Install mesa-libGLw on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mesa-libGLw using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mesa-libGLw

Install mesa-libGLw on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mesa-libGLw using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mesa-libGLw

How To Uninstall mesa-libGLw on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mesa-libGLw package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mesa-libGLw

mesa-libGLw Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/0c6e38ef2c816fa5ebd7c34ebc24181fea90a8
/usr/lib64/libGLw.so.1
/usr/lib64/libGLw.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/mesa-libGLw
/usr/share/doc/mesa-libGLw/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/5d57a7f06ac532bf693f414bffc7d244b6559a
/usr/lib/libGLw.so.1
/usr/lib/libGLw.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/mesa-libGLw
/usr/share/doc/mesa-libGLw/README

References

mesa-libGLw website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-libGLw on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.